The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-30

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matter should have careful consideration
and something should be done at once to
make the holding of the festival an assured
fact and guarantee its financial success.
IT is understood that the committee ap-
pointed to consider the advisabilty of a
change of hymn-books for Bethany church
will recommend the purchase, at such time
as may be decided upon, of the "Carmina
Sanctorum," book of exceptional merit
and reasonable price, published by A. s.
Barnes & Co. of New York city.
PROFESSOR BLANPIED is graduate of the
New England Conservatory; also of the
College of Music in Boston. He has been
appointed an examiner (the only one in the
state) for the New England Conservatory,
and under his instructions pupils may com
| plete the first five grades of the course and
be admitted to the last grade in Boston
without further examination.
ED. TIMOTHY, for some time past clerk
in the dry-goods store of L. p. Gleason
& Co., left last week for Shelby, Alabama,
where he will enter the employ of the
Shelby Iron Works. Mr.. Timothy's de-
parture is regretted by the numerous friends
whose esteem he has won during his resi-
dence in Montpelier and who will always
learn with pleasure of any success which
may attend him in his new home and en-
| ployment
THE Claire Scott Comedy Company gave
three excellent entertainments at Blanchard
Opera-house last week" Lucretia Borgia 4"
Wednesday evening, Mary Stuart Thurs
day evening and Leah the Forsaken :"
Friday evening. In all the leading actress,
Miss Scott, showed her superiority in her
| sphere, and she was supported by com
pany of far more than average ability The
costumes and scenery were elegant, and
in fact the only thing lacking on either
evening was an audience.
A MORE miserable piece of composition
(and proof-reading, if it had any than that
of the Montpelier items in Saturdays Free
Press is rarely seen in the most Insignificant
country newspaper without reckoning
the errors in the use of capital letters there
were found no less than 'twenty-four mis-
takes, typographical and otherwise, in the
first forty-sx lines. The proof-reading of
the Free Press is poorer than that OF any
other paper in Vermont and newspaper
men and experienced hands are far from
being the only ones who have been heard to
note the fact with expressions of disgust
THE new arms and equipments for the
National Guard of Vermont have arrived at
dred sixty Springfield rifles Cmodel of 1SS4)
of number forty-fve calibre, with blue steel
barrels and bayonets and weighing only
eight pounds each. The equipments consist
of Frasier's improved cartridge-boX, hold
ing twenty rounds of ammunition, with
sliding corner and black leather belts
Twenty thousand rounds of rifle ball cart
ridges, with bullets weighing four hundred
five grains, were also received at the arsenal
V'I,a, y,,Hn Il lad
to the various companies comprising the
National Guard, each company being fur
nished with forty-siX guns
THE remains of Josie Estella, wife of D.
d. Baldwin of Carthage, Dakota, who died
in Carthage March 22d, were brought to
Montpelier for interment arriving here
during Saturday night, and many friends
gathered at the Central Vermont depot Sun.
day noon to pay their last respects to the de
ceased and attend the remains to their last
restng-place. Mrs. Baldwin was daughter
of Albert c. Dewey, formerly of this place
and many of her warmest friends were here
Her life in Montpelier was exemplary in
every respect and her memory will always
be tenderly cherished by those who knew
her. Since her removal with her parents
to Dakota the mothers remains have beer
brought to Vermont for burial. Mrs. Bald
win had been married less than two years
and was about twenty-six years of age.
The experiment of car-warming by steam
from the engine, by means of the Williams
system, was made on three cars of the loca
passenger-train from st. Adams to White
River Junction Friday afternoon. A repre-
sentative of the WATCHMAN happened to bt
on the train and can testify that the car:
were as warm as they ought to be. 1t is
stated that the cars were sufficiently warmed
: in fifteen minutes after the steam wa,
turned on. r. G. Chase, representing thu
system, was aboard the train and expressed
himself as satisfied with the trial. Tn,
exhaust steam from the Westinghouse
brake pump is conducted through thre,
lines of pipe on one side of the cars ant
back along the other side to the engine b,
means of a vacuum escape placed on tn,
, engine on the opposite side from the al
brake. No live steam is used The expert
menter found that some of the mechanism
employed in the trial was not suited to pro
duce the fullest measure of success, but a.
far as proving the principle involved is con
cerned the experiment is satisfactory.
SEMINARY HILL.
SCHOOL has opened with more than th
usual number of students - Miss How
of Boston has been engaged as elocutionis
for the term. - The members of tn
lyceum met in the Seminary chapel las
Friday evening and elected the followin,
| officers: President f. r. Courier; vice
president, Miss Barker secretary, Mis-
Breed; executive committee, w. G. Belknap
Miss Barker and Miss Chase treasurer
Harry Burt; auditor, W. Brock Darling.